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1. Feature

   Just Say Uncle

   The DEA's "Twin Oceans" hooked a big fish, but can they reel it in?

   By Thomas Francis

   Published: February 21, 2008

   On his last day as a free man, in the spring of 2006, Pablo Rayo Montaño probably didn't venture far from his home in São Paulo, Brazil. It was too dangerous,...

2. News

   Are We There Yet?

   Jeez, can we just embrace the electric car already?

   By Deirdra Funcheon

   Published: February 21, 2008

   The Countyline Dragway sits on the western edge of civilization, on US 27, just south of the Broward/Miami-Dade line. The sky looks like it came from a Tim Burton movie: all...

3. Letters

   Letters for February 21-27, 2008

   Published: February 21, 2008

   Lighten Up, Guitar Man Guitar Hero isn't a menace to society — it's a game! I just had to comment on this article ("Guitar Zero," Ashley Harrell, February 14). I'm the...

4. Bob Norman

   Cops and Gypsies

   Friendly law enforcement officers become the weapons of rival destruction in the gypsy tribal wars

   By Bob Norman

   Published: February 21, 2008

   The gypsy elder says there's only one reason he's out to rid South Florida of John Uwanawich and his family of fortune tellers. "He's giving all gypsies a bad name," said the...

5. Tailpipe

   Incredible Turnout

   As told to Edmund Newton

   Published: February 21, 2008

   The Phantoms of Oakland Park Somebody was worrying recently about the sanctity of the vote in Broward County elections. Who was that? Oh, yeah, that would have been Tailpipe....

6. ¡Ask a Mexican!

   High-Flying Mexico

   Don't Believe the Claptrap

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: February 21, 2008

   Dear Mexican: Why do you suppose Mexico has such a hard time getting its act together? It has vast natural resources, good climate, natural ports, super-generous and...

7. Music

   Drum Healer

   Former Third World drummer Willie Stewart shows how the beat goes on

   By Jonathan Cunningham

   Published: February 21, 2008

   From the first moment you get on the phone with Willie Stewart, you can tell he's vibrating on a higher plane. The 55-year-old musical savant speaks with the slow joviality of...

8. Short Cuts

   Saba

   Jidka (The Line) (Riverboat)

   By Jason Ferguson

   Published: February 21, 2008

   There's an uncomfortable sense of placelessness to the sound of Saba's debut CD. Though it could be attributed to her press-release ready biography (Italian/Ethiopian parents,...

9. Subtropical

   Elastic Bond

   Excursion (Self-Released)

   By Abel Folgar

   Published: February 21, 2008

   On their follow-up to 2006's Madrugada, Miami's Elastic Bond shows all the right stuff, with maturity, solid arrangement, and know-how all on display. Working off of...

10. Live Wire

    Güajiro

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: February 21, 2008

    The local punk scene in South Florida isn't as strong as it should be. The bands are here, and the venues exist, but there's something that prevents all the dots from...

11. Outtakes

    The Boatlift Floats

    Pitbull bounces back

    By Jose Davilla

    Published: February 21, 2008

    It must be hard beings all things to all people — especially when your name is Pitbull and you happen to be the top Latin MC in the country. Yeah, broadly speaking, Pit's...

12. Pub Stalker

    The Back Room Blues Bar

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: February 21, 2008

    The Back Room Blues Bar 7200 N. Dixie Hwy. Boca Raton 561-988-8929 Imagine North Dixie Highway as the Yellow Brick Road. You're Dorothy, and you're looking to get to where...

13. Dred Scott!

    Living for the Funk

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Most bass players don't get recognition, let alone fame. You can probably count on two hands the bassists that found the limelight in the past 40 years. I'll spot you Jaco...

14. Dish

    Thinking Outside the Noodle Box

    Cross this bridge when you come to it

    By Gail Shepherd

    Published: February 21, 2008

    People don't want to cross the bridge to get here," says Peter Wong. He's talking about the little concrete blip that arches over the Intercoastal on East Commercial Boulevard...

15. Film

    Straight to Video

    Michel Gondry attempts to celebrate DIY filmmaking but comes up short, stale, and flat

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: February 21, 2008

    The pleasures of Be Kind Rewind do not extend far beyond the promise of its premise: Jack Black, magnetized and manic (yawn), erases every single video tape in the rental store...

16. Night & Day

    Anime Day

    (Sung to the tune of Yatta by Happa-tai

    By John Linn

    Published: February 21, 2008

    A- N- I’m- E- LIVES! A- N- I’m- E- LIVES! It’s so easy! Joyful Yankee blue jeans! Super Con is in Davie! We have costumes and games! Woot, woot, woot, woot,...

17. Night & Day

    Your Mom Thinks He’s Hot

    By John Letsch

    Published: February 21, 2008

    You might think that an aspiring singer with an utterly outlandish name like Engelbert Humperdinck would have it legally changed to something a little more normal... like Tom...

18. Night & Day

    Duct Tape Can Fix Anything

    But it won’t mend your broken heart.

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: February 21, 2008

    The only thing bigger than the hair in Armadillo Acres trailer park is the drama. The guys and gals of this mobile Mecca have more than Bisquick on their minds -- at least...

19. Night & Day

    Best of All: No Joan Rivers

    By John Linn

    Published: February 21, 2008

    We know you’re excited about the 80th Annual Academy Awards Show, but please don’t do what you did last year: that is, put an evening gown on the dog, spread a red...

20. Night & Day

    Bringing the Gifts that my Ancestors Gave…

    By Terra Sullivan

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Quick – which famous political activist was both a founding member of the Black Panther party and the author of the cookbook Barbeque’n with Bobby? If you answered...